Reasons We Ride a Bike!

Number 14 was silly:

14. What appeals to you the most about motorcycling?

Risk
Challenge
Respect
Nothing in particular

For me the answer was non of the above. I ride because
I enjoy it. Quiz said I need an FJR1300. Not a bad choice!


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"Brutal and sadistic? By what girly-man standards? Compared
to how Saddam treated his prisoners, a bit of humiliation was
a walk in the park. AFAIK, No one died or even lost any blood."
-Albert Nurick, a usenet kook and blatant liar, on the rape,
torture and murder at bu$h's Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
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"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that
matter." -- Martin Luther King Jr.

"God told me to strike at al Qaeda and I struck them. And then
he instructed me to strike at Saddam, which I did."
-- George W. Bush

"Hence today I believe that I am acting in accordance with the
will of the Almighty Creator: by defending myself against the
Jew, I am fighting for the work of the Lord."
-- Adolf Hitler

"The tsunami was a wonderful opportunity to show not just the
US government, but the heart of the American people, and I think
it has paid great dividends for us." Condoleezza Rice


"One of the things we don't want to do is destroy the
infrastructure in Iraq because in a few days we're going
to own that country," - Tom Brokaw

Cost of probing Bill Clinton's sex life: $65 million.
Cost of probing the Columbia shuttle disaster: $50 million.
Funds assigned to independent Sept. 11 panel: $3 million.

"After all, it is the leaders of the country who determine
the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the
people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist
dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship.
Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the
bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to
do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the
peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country
to danger. It works the same in any country."
-- Hermann Goering, President of the Reichstag, Nazi Party, and
Luftwaffe Commander in Chief

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President,
or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is
not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable
to the American public."
-- Theodore Roosevelt (1918)

"You know, when bu$h said that he's against nation building,
I didn't realize that he meant only the United States"
-- Al Franken

Don't let bu$h do to the United States what his very close
friend and top campaign contributor, Ken Lay, did to Enron...

 

Something tells me the test author just bought, or is lusting after, an FJR.

 

Guess I have to trade my Lazy Boy in for a VStrom.
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Don Binns
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2000 - Yamaha Venture Millennium Edition

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They didn't get mine yet I now need to go shop for a new bike.
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My results:


Yamaha YZF R1
You scored 10 moxie, 7 zeal, and 1 pomp!

It was a close decision with the Suzuki GSXR1000, but your personality
seemed a bit more R1-ish. (But hey, I could be wrong. Its only a silly test.)

 

Funny, I have to trade down for a Sportster 883.
I guess it was the learn on a beater question.
--
Bob Mann

Before you critisize someone,
you should walk a mile in their shoes.
That way, when you critisize them,
you're a mile away and you have their shoes.

 

Well that was fun. Said I should get a H-D Softail...

Bzzzzzt. Wrong answer.

What is the correct answer the descending radius turn?

Bryan

 

so far i've seen people report Duc 996's, Stroms, Guzzis, Wings, BMWs
cruisers, 600cc sport bikes, HDs, etc.

 

i didn't enter an address and it still ran the scores. just leave it blank.

 

those last bits are "relative to your age group". The scores are listed
at the first.

 

Dog gone it. Me too. What a gyp. I want my Harley back!

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I said more pressure on the right (I think it was a descending radius turn
to the right), I hoping that meant more counter steering, and "lean it like
you mean it".

Bryan
Bryan

 

I started out as a commuter when gas prices first shot past 2 bucks a
gallon back in '03. I went out looking for a cheap (used) bike to learn
on. I quickly discovered that the dealerships I visited carried very few
used bikes, and the ones they had were priced too high. Then I found a new
V-Star 650 and put my credit rating on the line. I spent 2 weeks circling
the neighborhood before getting my insurance and learner's permit. I
picked it up quickly, and had my M-1 endorsement within a few months. Then
I discovered touring on the weekend. Few other experiences could be
described as the meaning of life....

Randy

 

Well that's what I put and that's what I've done out on the road... most would
brake and go wide and end up in the giggle bushes...

Larry L
94 RC45 #2
Have a wheelie NICE day...
Lean & Mean it in every corner of your life...
If it wasn't for us the fast lane would rust...
V4'S are music to the seat of my pants...
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I know that's what ALWAYS happens to me! Next time, I'm trying it *your* way.
Maybe now I'll be able to hang onto a bike for awhile. LOL. ROTFL. ROTFLOL.
ROTFLMAO. ROTFLMAOWPM. Excuse me while I go change.

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'99 Speed Triple
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They could be referring to the NT 647 Honda Hawk... a sweet little dancer...
http://dot.com.ph/uncle/hawkgt.html

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Lean & Mean it in every corner of your life...
If it wasn't for us the fast lane would rust...
V4'S are music to the seat of my pants...
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Apply outward pressure to the right handgrip, and/or, inward
pressure to the left handgrip.

Gary

 

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Speeding on superslabs in Texas is NOT riding "skill".

Bryan

 

If I recall correctly from taking an MSF class, I *think* they told us on a
decreasing radius turn (getting tighter, or 'sharper') when you find yourself
going too fast, to hold steady throttle (I *think* it was because chopping the
throttle suddenly would "destabilize the suspension and change the traction
available to your tires" (?) and rolling on the throttle would increase your
speed, thus making it harder to negotiate the turn as it continued to tighten
up.)

Then, I think the instructor said, you should look FURTHER (or "deeper") into
the turn (I think he may have cautioned us NOT to look to the outside of the
turn, even if that seemed natural, because "you go where you look, and you want
to go THROUGH the turn, not off the edge of the road") and then he said you
press harder on the INSIDE handlebar grip (that would be, what, the right
handlebar grip in a right hand turn, I think?) to "increase lean angle" (I think
that means it will make your motorcycle lean over farther, and - now, I'm not
real clear on this - by doing so, tighten up your line through the curve) and
you'll probably make the turn.

One of the other instructors might have added something along the lines of "For
most riders, the motorcycle can lean over further than the rider is generally
comfortable leaning."

But, that's just my hazy memory of a class I took once. It should not be
construed as riding advice. Every rider has to ride their own ride, and a lot
of experienced riders do just fine without taking "classes" on how to "ride" a
motorcycle.

Besides, I'm probably remembering it completely wrong.

Perhaps someone with more experience than me can explain it better, or correct
my more obvious errors. That would help prevent anyone from accidentally
following my advice and possibly getting hurt!

 

Well this post got an 8.5 on the old humble meter ;-)
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